Alonzo montgomery osmun



(No Model.)

A. M. OSMUN.

TAG.

N0. 389 0'30'. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

UNITED STATES Parana @rrrcn.

ALONZO MONTGOMERY OSMUN, OF SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TAG.

$PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,000, dated September 4, 1888.

Application filed May 4, 1888. Serial No. 272,786. (No model.)

T 0 64.135 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO MoNTeoMERY OSMUN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shamokin, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tags for Dry Goods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tags for dry goods, having for its object to pro vide a simple, cheap, and easily-applied device which cannot be accidentally detached, and which, although out of the way, may be seen at any time.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement ofdevicesfully set forth hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a View ofa roll of dry goods with the improved tag applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the roll or bobbin-board with the tag attached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central sectional view ofthe same. Fig.4 is a detail view of the tag,showing its reverse side.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the roll or bobbiuboard upon which the goods 13 are rolled, and in this board,near one end, is arranged the headed pin or nail O.

The tag D may be of any preferred shape and material, and is provided with the longitudinal slot E, mounted on the said pin or nail, and having the apertures G G communicating therewith at its ends. The tag may be drawn out to project at one end beyond the edge of the board, or may be pushed bacl ,so that its outer end is flush with the edge of the board. A washer, F, is arranged on the pin or nail within the slot to receive the pressure of the head of the pin or nail,aud thus allow the tag to be moved freely thereunder.

An aperture, H, is formed in the tag, near its outer end, in which is secured the operating-cord I, to enable the tag to be readily drawn out to see the information thereon, and the said aperture is strengthened on its outer side (to prevent the tag from being torn by the cord)by the crescent-shaped re-enforcing strips K K,which are arranged between the aperture and the outer edge of the tag. From ahalf to a whole inch (or more) of the tag is exposed when it is drawn out, and on this exposed portion (on one side) is placed the number of yards in the piece and the price per yard,and on the other side may be placed the name of 5 the manufacturer or the mill from which the material came, the kind and quality of the goods, and any other information which may be deemed valuable.

This tag is secured to the roll or bobbin board before the goods leave the mill, and as it is not attached to the material it is not disturbed until the latter has been entirely re moved from the board. The tag cannot be accidentally detached, for the reason that,except 6 when it is drawn out to find the price orquality of the material, it is eoncealed,and consequently protected.

Having thus described the invention, what I elaim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent 7 of the United States, is-

1. The combination,with the roll orbobbinboard A, of the tag having a longitudinal slot, E, the washer Rarrauged in the slot,and the headed pin or nail G, passing through the 7 washer and engaging the board A, the head of the pin or nail bearing on the upper end of the washer and held thereby out of contact with the tag, said tag provided with apertures H, i e-enforcing rings K K, and cord 1, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination,with the rolt or bobbinboard upon which the goods are rolled, provided with the headed pin or stud G,projecting therefrom,of thetag fitting on the outside ofthe 8 board, so as to avoid the necessity of recessing or cutting the latter, and having longitudinal slotto receive the pin or stud G, and the washer F, arranged in theslot and of a height greater than the thickness of the tag, and the 9 head of the pin or nail being on the outer end of the washer and held thereby out of contact with the tag, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature 9 in presence of two witnesses.

ALONZO ll'ONlGOttEE-ti' OSMUN. \Vitnesses:

Gno. A. OSMUN, LELLIE HARRIS. 

